A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism

Publications

Publication Title Publication Date START Authors Type Research Areas Regions
County-Level Correlates of Terrorist Attacks in the United States Gary LaFree Journal Article Crime and Terrorism North America
Investigating the Applicability of Macro-Level Criminology Theory to Terrorism: A County-Level Analysis Amy Adamczyk, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin Journal Article Crime and Terrorism North America
Target-Oriented Utility Theory for Modeling the Deterrent Effects of Counterterrorism Vicki Bier Journal Article Counterterrorism North America
When Terrorists Go Bad: Analyzing Terrorist Organizations' Involvement in Drug Smuggling H. Brinton Milward, Victor Asal Journal Article Crime and Terrorism Global
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction Gina Scott Ligon, Peter Simi START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements Middle East and North Africa
Terrorist Attacks in the U.S. between 1970 and 2013: Data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller Research Brief Terrorism and Society North America
Political Exclusion, Oil, and Ethnic Armed Conflict James A. Piazza, Victor Asal Journal Article Violent Groups and Movements Global
Ethnicity and Altruism after Violence: The Contact Hypothesis in Kosovo Vera Mironova Journal Article Terrorism and Society Eastern Europe
U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Research Highlight Amy Adamczyk, Gary LaFree, Roger Tourangeau, Stanley Presser Research Brief Terrorism and Society North America
Jihadists and WMD: a re-evaluation of the future threat Gary Ackerman Journal Article Terrorism and Society, Chemical and Biological Threats, Radiological and Nuclear Threats
Making Ends Meet: Combining Organizational Data in Contentious Politics Victor Asal Journal Article Violent Groups and Movements Global
Psychology Not Theology: Overcoming ISIS' Secret Appeal Arie Kruglanski Op-ed Radical Beliefs and Behavior Global
A Test of Sprinzak's Split Delegitimization Theory of the Life Course of Far-Right Organizational Behavior Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak Journal Article Violent Groups and Movements, Radical Beliefs and Behavior North America
Why Do Some Organizations Kill While Others Do Not: An Examination of Middle Eastern Operations Amy Pate, Victor Asal Journal Article Violent Groups and Movements Middle East and North Africa
MOOC: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat 2015 Project Fact Sheet
Say Terrorist, Think Insurgent: Labeling and Analyzing Contemporary Terrorist Actors Assaf Moghadam Journal Article Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements Global
Nuclear Weapons and Existential Threats: Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Nuclear-Armed States Victor Asal Journal Article Violent Groups and Movements, Radiological and Nuclear Threats Middle East and North Africa, North America
Patterns of Terrorism in the United States, 1970-2013 Erin Miller START Reports Terrorism and Society Global
Patterns of Lone Actor Terrorism in the United States: Research Brief Brent Smith, Jeff Gruenewald, Paxton Roberts Research Brief Individual Behavior North America
Exploring the U.S. Crime-Terror Nexus: Terrorist Networks and Trade Diversion Joshua Freilich, Roberta Belli, Steven Chermak Research Brief Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism North America
Internally Displaced Populations and Suicide Terrorism James A. Piazza Journal Article Terrorism and Society, Counterterrorism Global
Who Tortures the Terrorists? Transnational Terrorism and Military Torture James A. Piazza Journal Article Terrorism and Society Global
Middle Eastern Youth and the Arab Spring: Cross-National Variation and Trends in Values Mansoor Moaddel Journal Article Individual Behavior Middle East and North Africa
Information Sharing During the University of Texas at Austin Active Shooter/Suicide Event Michael Egnoto Journal Article
Beyond Image Repair: Suggestions for Crisis Communication Theory Development Brooke Liu, Julia Fraustino Journal Article Risk Communication Global
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